Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz using partitions

2010-01-28 Thread Sanjeev
Albert, On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:55:21AM -0800, Albert Frenz wrote: hi there, maybe this is a stupid question, yet i haven't found an answer anywhere ;) let say i got 3x 1,5tb hdds, can i create equal partitions out of each and make a raid5 out of it? sure the safety would drop, but that

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz using partitions

2010-01-28 Thread Lutz Schumann
Also write performance may drop because of write dache disable: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Guide#Storage_Pools Just a hint, have not tested this. Robert -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz using partitions

2010-01-27 Thread Thomas Burgess
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Albert Frenz y...@zockbar.de wrote: hi there, maybe this is a stupid question, yet i haven't found an answer anywhere ;) let say i got 3x 1,5tb hdds, can i create equal partitions out of each and make a raid5 out of it? sure the safety would drop, but that is

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz using partitions

2010-01-27 Thread Albert Frenz
ok nice to know :) thank you very much for your quick answer -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz using partitions

2010-01-27 Thread A Darren Dunham
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:55:21AM -0800, Albert Frenz wrote: hi there, maybe this is a stupid question, yet i haven't found an answer anywhere ;) let say i got 3x 1,5tb hdds, can i create equal partitions out of each and make a raid5 out of it? sure the safety would drop, but that is not